Chessmaster 10 mates immediately in 115 moves on my laptop from the position below whereas Rybka 4 fumbles around without finding it.
I wonder why?
Found the position on the web page below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_knights_endgame.
Allan
[D] 8/k7/8/4Kn2/8/P7/8/1n6 b - - 01
Allan
Mate in 115
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Re: Mate in 115
Is Chessmaster using 5-piece endgame tablebases?
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Re: Mate in 115
Louis-I'm not siure. How do I determine this? That situation sounds the most logical.
Thanks Allan
Thanks Allan
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Re: Mate in 115
Don't know anything about Chessmaster, but I can't imagine how else the mate is being found. According to the tablebases, the position is indeed Mate-in-115.
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Re: Mate in 115
I'm playing around with, but I don't think any of my engines will find this, without using tablebases.
It is indeed mate in 115.
It is indeed mate in 115.
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Re: Mate in 115
That is one long mate...
It's actually quite amazing that tablebases can find this, and even 6 piece and some 7!
It's actually quite amazing that tablebases can find this, and even 6 piece and some 7!
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Re: Mate in 115
[D] 6N1/5KR1/2n5/8/8/8/2n5/1k6 w - - 0 1Peter Marriott wrote:That is one long mate...
It's actually quite amazing that tablebases can find this, and even 6 piece and some 7!
Mate in 262!
Re: Mate in 115
Critter 0.90 using Gaviota 3,4,5 men TBs immediately announces mate in 115, and plays it out against itself in Arena demo mode in about 5 seconds.
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Re: Mate in 115
That would be quite annoying if you achieved this position in a corr. game and your opponent called 50 move rule.
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Re: Mate in 115
Louis : I set up this position in Chessmaster 10 but it didn't respond in the same fashion as previously It draws after 47 moves with 3 fold threshhold.
Allan
Allan